Wednesday, March 06, 2013

Palaeontology Update

(Wired UK): The remains of an extinct species of giant camel have been discovered on Ellesmere Island in the Arctic region of Canada. 

The creature was identified thanks to analysis of 30 fossilised fragments of leg bone, each around 3.5 million years old, placing them firmly in the mid-Pliocene. Additional evidence from the surrounding area allowed the research team to conclude that this was likely a High Arctic camel -- a previously unknown species which lived in the forests of the Arctic during a global warm period.

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